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\ Il AbosS0s SaEELEr ~ tho business
IaeA sioAstsr nAss-Enssiing IA Desrolt
A0aasy nigaL AE. SaGzLKr hss been
one OF the f0fsmoss tsnPersnss men Of
Detroit for a quarter OF century. tie
PRESIDED ~ tie l2sslsng, anu ss ee sss a
.sailng spiris aud the PRIME mosef Ii
MiciAig.n's iast pFohibit0ry law. his
yless shoaid have some weight he
/ spoke - tollo~s.
/ EHlfoa Cuszess-I feel {. a. honor e0n-
/ fsfasa a0n ne 10 pgesids over this uiest
ne have nsed Ia TIE STATE and lersitsFy
/ al Micaisan fuF over hfty-hy years aad
I have ever ~orked aud voted 10 shal
/ thoasht S4s for the best Interests ol the
/ oeori- % tue slage. Wh~n The pfohiOiiory
I a. tbst se once had Mss passed, !, per
| Aaps. hai A. ugth or more ~ DO via II
| ihlu any other oar maa. We hirei lav-
I gsr ~ worked Tor use year. Se pad oar
/ money ar1 We carried on tke work uuil
We zol a laN pa ssei IN this state which sks
1 ore IL the nlosf stringent pgohlb lory .kHs
ih- das ever passed.. l thought the nis-
/ ieAniala had come. that ~ should have
/ peale Gnd quietncss al Oyes the stats and
/ laat hquor Would D4 biOlled ous Bat ~
/ that Wa disappointed. laughter and
! applause Now / have been asked by s0me
8f oug cisizeDE Why DO 20. Preside over
/ this meeting We supposed you 10 be-
I Fs3ai8. tlouisfa Way DO you preside over
q meeting ol this kind Because ! think Il
I iof the best Interests Oi the state Of Michl
| gsn % enfofcs the lAw We noS have AP-
I piaEse A prOhibtOTy law has tendency
/ - MAKE men dishonest in all WAYS and All
/ particulars Ignore property in All klnts
I liquors, say "il Is no. proper, 4 is worth
! nothing. ~ it Was before when II wa ont
/ lswei Il was not worth cent. and you
| c0ald not collect single dollar for liq uor
that was sold ia tie State Of Michigan. by
law
As | have said il had tendency TO
make men dishonest. They would borrow
| and buy and would not pay II yOu sued
! man f1r anything that bad any alcohol
/ connected with IL, you lost the whole debt.
| lOG could uoi DO anything. | knew man
! 10 borrow a barrel oil alcohol OF druggist.
! lie said. My alcohol is coming. Just -
! soon a. 10 gets here ! will pay you But
he would not pay a. all iie said alter
! wards You can collect IL. What are you
/ goins 70 do about ii?" That law had this
! effect 10 make men dishonest, and it had
another effect, 10 make free WHISKY oil over
| the State Prolonged applause. Any
! woman that could buy gallon ol whisky
! aud two or three tutnOlers could have
I little table on the corner OF the street aud
she could sell il and nobody would interfere
! with her and if you prosecuted a
case As we did prosecute case after
A
| Bat very few times could We convict suy-
| body Men would come into court and
tney would swear they bought liquor Of a
certain man and that they drank u. and the
| jury would say. Il don't believe you" They
| would not agree Laughter.l Why, |
sent man myself with bottle to buy =
pint OF whisky once. lie bought IL, put
| stOpple in it put the mans named on il.
| wens into court and sgOre he bought that
liQnor Of thar man. | wanted 10 convict
him / thought in carrying out this Prohibl-
| tory iaw We would convict men. ] supposed
| Of course We would drive them out OF ousi-
ness. WHAT was the result, One OF the Jury
| men said. a man that would buy pint OF
whisky and put up Job Ike that on msn
| j would not believe him under oath"
I LaushtcF.
So YOU cannot convict in that way. II
! was dead letter then and prohibitory
! law will be q dad letter II passed now. A
| prObibilOry iaw cannot be enforced. IL was
| not eniogoed then. and We are no better, no
! more intelligent than we were then. We
| could not euiorCe is then and the conSe-
quencs Was it demoralized the people. ANY
iaN tnat you cannot enforce has tendency
% demosalza tbe people.
Now this tax Law we can enforce. Just
I look al it We can have an income from it
Of some few hundred thousand dollars
| now our PfohioiuOnis. friends say let US
/ wipe that sil out. aud lgt Us have free
| wLisks That j. the fact. That is vhat
they believe Il viii result in Many OF
| them say give IS free whisky one Of
| them said IF 1t made whisky 81 plenty
that voa could dip it up With bucket in
the streets. / woaid vote Tor tie pr0hi5ltory
I Ia ~. i right